| I would murder if they combined VA north and south divisions. |
SAME. It was literally the deciding factor on which team to join. We didn't want to be schlepping around for ecnl or MLS |
lol you chose to play RL when you had the option for ECNL or MLS because of travel? i think you also made a choice to play in an inferior league, whether you care or not. |
that's how it used to be but they still kept most games separated and i think we only went to Richmond/Va Beach once and it was the same weekend. |
Yep, soccer is my kid's second sport. I don't see the point in driving 3 hours to play an opponent at a similar level to a team 20 minutes away. Driving that far for a regular game is nonsense. |
Oh please. There is huge overlap in skill between mls, mls b teams, ecnl and ecnl-rl. Most of the kids sitting on the ecnl or mls bench would be indistinguishable from kids on ecnl-rl. Mls B teams are the same as RL teams. Its smarter to play most of the game on RL then not even get to dress in a higher league. |
yes your kids second sport is a very different experience from other kids first sport. It's not the same. |
I wouldn't drive that long for one game for his first sport, either! Not an efficient use of time. |
| I assume all clubs have the schedule already. I'm from another part of the country. We had our NL parents meeting for the upcoming year before playoffs in San Diego. I thought it was odd for the parents meeting for the next year before going to playoffs. I guess it was done to send off the graduating seniors by honoring them (or should I say marketing them to the younger teams' parents). The schedule for the next year was shared with the parents and showcases we're attending. |
| Clubs are working on the schedules. We have 5 games in our PlayMetrics now and they said they are working on the other schedules. The VPSL site is not live for them to enter them in there yet, though. |
Agree. Those 6 hours spent in the car could be used to study, or train, or socialize, or otherwise enrich the kids life. |
for ecrl? |
Are the 5 games all teams from the north? |
Agreed. RL is essentially now NCSL div1. No need to drive to Richmond for that. |
| Ncsl d1 boys teams have always been roughly even with RL teams. Who cares? |